Comments on: Ext JS goes live

By: lindo

lindo — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:40:55 +0000

EXT-JS is what I was waiting for.
I need someone to do freelance for a project using extjs.
Please contact me @ allan@melatti.com

By: bc

bc — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:45:29 +0000

doesn’t work in Safari 3.x on Windows

By: Philip Weaver

Philip Weaver — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:30:57 +0000

It’s now October, two months since my last comment. Ext 2.0 is in Beta now and it should be released by the end of October. In Ext 2.0, they’ve added more and more what I like about Java Swing: namely a plethora of new layout managers so you don’t have to mess with CSS layouts. They also added an Action mechanism to be able to plug shared actions into menu items and buttons and such. Really, really awesome and there is lots more cool stuff and polish. It took me a bit to want to get used to object declarations in Ext vs the Swing APIs imperative approach – but everything seems to be pretty quick and easy.

By: Philip Weaver

Philip Weaver — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:49:02 +0000

Re: “I think someone said it here once – itâ€™s becoming the Swing of javascript.”

Qooxdoo is the best contender for Swing of JavaScript. Qooxdoo is technologically far out ahead of every other JavaScript framework. Really nice OO extensions, supports models for many component types, supports theming, supports layout managers, can style without CSS and no HTML required. Go with Qooxdoo over HTML/CSS/JQuery/Prototype – because: when’s the last time you used assembly language?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:19:57 +0000

Think it will one day work with the MS Ajax library?

I hope it does, because Ext has so many things that the MS Toolkit does’t have.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:23:10 +0000

I wonder how long until the lower-level toolkits are built to plug into Ext rather than vice versa.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:56:42 +0000

Can’t wait for the moo bridge myself…these widgets are excellent

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:12:12 +0000

It would be nice if there was some research done on which underlying JS library (prototype, yui, or jquery) had the best performance using EXT.. plus any other pros and cons that may exist.

Jack, if you’re reading this, any comments?

By: BernardChhun

BernardChhun — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:46:01 +0000

A moo bridge is currently being made Karl.
Just wait a little bit more :)

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:28:57 +0000

Jack needs to port this to Moo.

By: Steve O

Steve O — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:21:30 +0000

@pd: Ext is not a replacement for jQuery/Prototype/YUI… it just enhances them by providing a layer of awesome UI components and utilities. Ext is actually built on TOP of jQuery (or Prototype, or YUI… you get to choose your library of choice and then Ext sits on top of it).

By: Steve Clay

Steve Clay — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:16:58 +0000

@pd, after reading the first tutorial I had the same thought, but the power of Ext is the components (and, for me, the fact they all seem to work flawlessly in Opera). The base Ext code is just another good JS lib, like jQuery. I haven’t tested the Ext for jQuery plugin yet (distributed w/ Ext).

By: pd

pd — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:57:05 +0000

Upon quick glance there does not seem to be much difference between Ext JS and jQuery. Am I missing something?

There are so many JavaScript libraries out there now that we really need a comparison matrix to comprehend which one to choose.

By: ajaxianfading

ajaxianfading — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:44:20 +0000

I love the look of this. The Grid component/widget looks fantastic and a cinch to use!
http://redsil.com/blog/?p=14

By: Steve Boyd

Steve Boyd — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:24 +0000

he’s done good work on the licensing side of things (dont worry u can use ext just like any other open source library)

http://extjs.com/license

read it if you’re confused as to why there are $$$ signs all over the site

By: Jim P

Jim P — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:16:34 +0000

I’ve been using ext from the early days on some pet projects. Jack has done an amazing job on the library. To clear up some confusion, the corporate license not only give you tech support but you are financially supporting the great guy who built this for all of us to use.

By: Darryl Lyons

Darryl Lyons — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:30:18 +0000

I think someone said it here once – it’s becoming the Swing of javascript.

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By: Jul

Jul — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:35:52 +0000

Our company has been evaluating JS toolkits for some time and Ext is very promising. The internal design is impressive and highly extensible. The documentation system is fantastic, although not complete but it looks like it’s on track to be complete by the final release of Ext 1.0 on Apr. 15. The core functionality of the components is amazingly powerful. They are simple to implement and look great.

We think this library is a rising star and is beginning to stand out from what is becoming a densely packed crowd of JavaScript component libraries.

By: rodrigo

rodrigo — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:26:46 +0000

Here a sample of what Ext can do
http://www.rodrigodiniz.qsh.eu/QueryAnaliser.aspx